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019912No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. Adlai Stevenson For President Committee Archive of Correspondence Mailings Press Releases etc. All circa 1956. Perhaps 150-200 pieces. Most single typed sheets or memos with a few Adlai Stevenson newsletters telegrams etc. Three letters appear signed by Adlai Stevenson although it is not known whether it was him signing or a secretarial signature. The archive is from a well-connected insurance company executive who appears to have been active in Democratic politics. The archive has a vast amount of duplicate copies of original typed letters sent by the previous owner as well as responses mostly relating to fundraising events donations etc. Seating arrangements for events present as well as lists of donors etc. The typed letters from Stevenson signed by him seem to address the previous owner on a personal level so they may have known each other. Adlai Stevenson was a governor of Illinois and ran for president in 1952 and 1956 losing to Eisenhower both times. He served as the US Ambassador to the UN from 1961 to 1965. All in GOOD condition with two hole punches at the top edge. Minor creasing and wear with pencil notations to many of the pieces. No publisher unknown
021858No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Fair. African American Woman Tintype Photograph. No indication of photographer place or date. Photo measures roughly 3 ½ by 2 3/8 inches. Presumed produced any time from the 1860s to early 1900s. PROVENANCE: none really. This came in a collection of other tintypes and cabinet card photographs of African Americans with a few of the later photos indicating they were taken in New Orleans and Waco Texas. There is no indication as to whether these were family photos or photos collected by an individual. This photograph depicts a young woman seated in a studio in a chair with a frilled arm similar or the same to another photograph we have. wearing a blouse scarf hat and dress. The photo is in FAIR/GOOD condition. The photo is a bit soiled and faded with some tiny spotting and staining. Several scuffs and scratches present with a tiny chip missing from the background. The reverse of the metal is a little soiled and somewhat worn. Some light discoloration present along the edges. No publisher unknown
021224No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Very Good. 8 by 10 inch glossy photos. No publisher place or date. The photographs are loosely contained in a manila folder with the name of Colonel L.B. de Long typed on it. Affixed to the interior is a copy of a letter addressed to someone working for an insurance company dated September 9 1952. This letter suggests meeting a John Mead and Colonel L.B. deLong who apparently handled "lots of interesting towage and construction projects in Alaska Greenland etc." The photographs are primarily shots of the pier that would make the Port of Thule being constructed depicting metal pipes platforms etc. with some icebergs visible as well as Dundas Mountain in the background. One shot depicts two former Navy vessels which may have been used as temporary housing for workers. They are the USNS General Stuart Heintzelman and the USNS General A W Greely. One photo depicts a ship moored and another depicts a ship just offshore. Pituffik Space Base Thule Air Base was originally built in 1951 and is the northernmost US military installation. It has gained more interest recently due to a US president's inane obsession with Greenland. The website icyseas . org indicates that the Port of Thule is the northernmost deep water port in the world and was constructed in three weeks. It was meant to be a temporary port but is still in use today. It also appears from that website that the pier depicted in these photos is sometimes referred to as the deLong Pier. These are from an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. Photos in VERY GOOD condition with minor toning and general curling. No publisher unknown
020173New York: American Anti-Slavery Society Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. no date presumed circa late 1850s due to the mention of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Pamphlet. 8 pp. An antislavery tract using the words of various ministers and preachers against themselves to cite the hypocrisy in preaching Christianity to enslaved people using those words to rebut the notion that slavery enlightened enslaved people through religion. Higginson also cites the sermons of Rev. Meade of Virginia who told enslaved people that god put them on Earth to serve their masters. Thomas Wentworth Higginson was a militant abolitionist being a member of the disunion abolitionists and arguing for the disobeying of the Fugitive Slave Law. He was a colonel in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers the first authorized African American regiment and continued to fight for the rights of freed enslaved people after the war. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a stamp on the front and rear cover. Moderate toning and minor soiling. See Sabin 31755 for this and other works by Higginson. American Anti-Slavery Society, Publisher unknown
1785001268Worcester MA: Isaiah Thomas Printer 1785. Original Wraps. Poor. Stitched together with modern thread. Consists of 44 pages plus cover with ornate printers device and text on the verso of the cover. Evans ascribes this almanac to Ezra Gleason but modern scholarship suggests this was the work of Samuel Stearns see Australian Public Library catalog information. Of note in this work is an early printing of the Massachusetts Bill of Rights and a printing of John Dod's well known Sermon on Malt a text celebrating beer and ale originally published in England in the 1600's. Also included are the usual astronomical predictions for the year 1786 and a table of principle roads on the continent in and around Boston. In POOR condition with heavy tattering to the cover page and heavy loss around the extremities of that page. The bottom inch of the next page is missing apparently trimmed with no loss of text. A few other pages suffer from minor losses but nothing that affects the text. The rag paper is browned and somewhat darkened with uneven dampstaining throughout again not affecting readability. A few very faint notations present in ink in the margins of a few pages. Front cover barely attached. The rest of the almanac is solid and complete. Overall heavy wear to this almanac in POOR condition. Photos available upon request. Isaiah Thomas, Printer unknown
1831000816London: Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1831. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Volume one: 168 pages. With four illustrations as given in the book. Howes P305 calls for 5 plates but this seems to contradict the book's statement. Volume two: 168 pages with four illustrations. These travels by Philips are imaginary as is Philips but contain previously published accounts tied together with the narrative device of the imaginary traveler. Travels in North America contains most of Lewis and Clark's account of their trip through the American West told in somewhat different form. The Mississippi River New Orleans St. Louis the Ohio River slavery Native Americans and other topics are covered giving again truthful facts about America in the guise of an imaginary narrator. Travels in South America is written in the same manner and the preface to it states as much. In half leather with marbled boards. In GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the marbled boards. Extremities scuffed and worn with the corners bumped and rounded the spine pulled with minor loss of leather to the head. Small chip of leather missing from the center backstrip. Leather scuffed along the hinges. The inner text is clean and tight with very minor foxing to the preliminaries. Nice copy of this rather hard to find work a later edition in GOOD condition. Three copies of this edition found in OCLC Travels in North America. None found for Travels in South America. Photos available upon request. Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown
1869020934New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1869. Wraps. Good. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury. The paper was established to provide a voice to activists and suffragists such as Stanton and Anthony whose voices were marginalized by the mainstream press as well as many abolitionist publications with whom they had been previously allied. Anthony and Stanton advocated for an amendment giving suffrage to women along with the amendment sponsored by abolitionists that would give Black men the right to vote. Many abolitionists actively discouraged Stanton and Anthony from pursuing their amendment until the amendment enfranchising Black men passed creating a rift in the abolitionist movement as well as the women's suffrage movement. Feeling betrayed by abolitionists and Republicans who initially supported them they established the Revolution with financial help from George Francis Train a Democrat who supported women's rights but was openly racist. As the name indicates The Revolution adopted a combative radical tone with Stanton and others unafraid to take on critics. The paper openly discussed sexual and physical abuse in marriage and advocated better divorce laws that would offer women a way to escape abusive marriages. In 1869 the paper broke with Train who had supplied very little of the funding he initially offered. It published until 1872 struggling to make expenses along the way. This issue with "Who Killed Cock Robin" by Susan B. Anthony; four pieces by Elizabeth Cady Stanton a review of a book on Women's Suffrage "Impunity in Crime" "President Woolsey" "Women's Education" Also present is news on the American Equal Rights Association etc. GOOD condition. Front cover torn along the upper hinge. Several fold creases present with other general wrinkling. Minor toning and scattered soiling in the interior. Some foxing and offsetting along the top edge. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1870022308New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1870. Wraps. Good. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury. The paper was established to provide a voice to activists and suffragists such as Stanton and Anthony whose voices were marginalized by the mainstream press as well as many abolitionist publications with whom they had been previously allied. Anthony and Stanton advocated for an amendment giving suffrage to women along with the amendment sponsored by abolitionists that would give Black men the right to vote. Many abolitionists actively discouraged Stanton and Anthony from pursuing their amendment until the amendment enfranchising Black men passed creating a rift in the abolitionist movement as well as the women's suffrage movement. Feeling betrayed by abolitionists and Republicans who initially supported them they established the Revolution with financial help from George Francis Train a Democrat who supported women's rights but was openly racist. As the name indicates The Revolution adopted a combative radical tone with Stanton and others unafraid to take on critics. The paper openly discussed sexual and physical abuse in marriage and advocated better divorce laws that would offer women a way to escape abusive marriages. In 1869 the paper broke with Train who had supplied very little of the funding he initially offered. It published until 1872 struggling to make expenses along the way. This issue with a printing of an interview conducted by Susan B. Anthony in which she interviews "Jennie" Claflin Tennie Claflin sister of Victoria Woodhull about her part in the brokerage firm started by Woodhull and herself. They discuss a variety of subjects relating to brokerage and the skills needed to run a business. Tennie C. Claflin partnered with her activist and suffragist sister Victoria Woodhull to open this firm in 1870. Backed by Cornelius Vanderbilt the firm became quite successful tapping into the needs of women who wanted to invest. Shortly after opening the firm Woodhull and Claflin started to publish a newspaper that was considered radical at the time advocating for equal rights free love and other social movements. GOOD condition. Several faint fold creases present with other general wrinkling and creasing. Chipping and tearing along the edges. Minor toning and scattered foxing and soiling. Several pages unopened along the top edge. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1843021405Boston: William S. Damrell Publisher 1843. Wraps. Good. no date circa 1843. Illustrated wraps side sewn. An almanac for the year 1843 issued by the Massachusetts Temperance Union containing the usual almanac information. Of note is the inclusion of a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne "A Rill from the Town Pump." Several cartoons of drinkers a Dutch rum merchant etc. throughout as well as essays on the ills of drinking alcohol the ills of cider mills etc. GOOD condition. General toning some soiling and minor staining to the covers. A few minor wrinkles and creases. William S. Damrell, Publisher unknown
1822014338New-Ipswich NH: Salmon Wilder Publisher 1822. Wraps. Fair. Plain wraps. A collection of speeches from various politicians and people from a variety of towns from New England and beyond with responses made by President James Monroe. This includes towns such as Kittery Maine Newburyport Massachusetts women from the Windsor Female Academy Plattsburg Portsmouth New Hampshire etc. FAIR condition. Front cover almost detached. Moderate faint staining soiling and spotting to the wrappers with general fading. Upper front wrapper with chipping and loss along its entire length. Wrappers almost completely missing from the spine. Moderate uneven browning in the interior with scattered foxing soiling and staining. Not in Sabin. Salmon Wilder, Publisher unknown
1853006215No Place: No Publisher 1853. Unbound. Good. Act of Agreement broadside. Single sheet printed on both sides. Appears dated 1853. Measures roughly 22 by 19 ¾ inches. An agreement between the master and seamen of the ship Meridian captained by John Manson. With twenty-eight handwritten names of the various crewmembers. Some appear to be in their own hand although most appear written in the same hand with "his 'x' mark" written in between the first and last names presumably the marks of those who could not sign their own names. This also provides their stations on board as well as monthly wages and advance wages paid. Nine crewmembers apparently deserted in Liverpool England deserted LP written next to their names with three others perhaps deserting before setting sail. The Meridian was to leave Boston in July of 1853 and head to St. John New Brunswick before sailing to Liverpool. Manson captained Meridian from 1851-54 and was from the South Shore area of Massachusetts perhaps of the Barque Hill community. The ship Meridian built by Jackson and Ewell of East Boston and at 1740 tons was perhaps largest ship then afloat see the Barque Hill Association website. The agreement outlines the terms to which the Master and seaman agree to work on the boat including wages etc. The reverse of this broadside bears 'An act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants Service' originally passed in 1790. Also included below this act is another act 'In Addition to several acts regulating the shipment and discharge of Seamen' approved on 1840. This side bears a bald eagle emblem at the top center. In GOOD condition. Several horizontal and vertical fold creases present with five small holes present along the intersection of the center horizontal and vertical fold creases. Several chips and tears present along the extremities with minor loss. Minor browning to the paper a bit heavier along the extremities. A few areas with minor foxing with heavier foxing/browning/staining to the side bearing the printing of the act. Several small ink stains present. No Publisher unknown
009513No Place: The Passenger Department of the D&H. C. Co's R.R. Half Leather. Good. No place or date presumed late 1800s. Black half leather with marbled boards. Perhaps original wraps bound in. 117 pp. Two fold out maps and several full page black and white illustrations in the interior. One map depicts the various areas served by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Railroad with the other depicting the Adirondacks and Lake George area. A short work offering brief descriptions of various towns in the upstate New York area description of the Bemis' Heights battle and other items of historical interest. GOOD condition. Moderate general fading and uneven scuffing to the covers. Minor soiling and a few small stains. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities and hinges. Front endpaper almost completely detached. Ownership inscription present. Paper toned. Several large tears and misfolds present to the maps. The Passenger Department of the D&H. C. Co's R.R. unknown
1868020242New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1868. Wraps. Good. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury. The paper was established to provide a voice to activists and suffragists such as Stanton and Anthony whose voices were marginalized by the mainstream press as well as many abolitionist publications with whom they had been previously allied. Anthony and Stanton advocated for an amendment giving suffrage to women along with the amendment sponsored by abolitionists that would give Black men the right to vote. Many abolitionists actively discouraged Stanton and Anthony from pursuing their amendment until the amendment enfranchising Black men passed creating a rift in the abolitionist movement as well as the women's suffrage movement. Feeling betrayed by abolitionists and Republicans who initially supported them they established the Revolution with financial help from George Francis Train a Democrat who supported women's rights but was openly racist. As the name indicates The Revolution adopted a combative radical tone with Stanton and others unafraid to take on critics. The paper openly discussed sexual and physical abuse in marriage and advocated better divorce laws that would offer women a way to escape abusive marriages. In 1869 the paper broke with Train who had supplied very little of the funding he initially offered. It published until 1872 struggling to make expenses along the way. This issue with a lengthy article written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton on US prisons and prison reform. Many shorter anonymous articles on suffrage labor and other topics present as well as a brilliant and scathing retort against the Warrick Indiana Herald which while reviewing the Revolution calls "women's suffrage an absurdity and an evil." GOOD condition. Several fold creases present with other general wrinkling. Minor toning and scattered soiling in the interior. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1868020444New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1868. Wraps. Good. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury. The paper was established to provide a voice to activists and suffragists such as Stanton and Anthony whose voices were marginalized by the mainstream press as well as many abolitionist publications with whom they had been previously allied. Anthony and Stanton advocated for an amendment giving suffrage to women along with the amendment sponsored by abolitionists that would give Black men the right to vote. Many abolitionists actively discouraged Stanton and Anthony from pursuing their amendment until the amendment enfranchising Black men passed creating a rift in the abolitionist movement as well as the women's suffrage movement. Feeling betrayed by abolitionists and Republicans who initially supported them they established the Revolution with financial help from George Francis Train a Democrat who supported women's rights but was openly racist. As the name indicates The Revolution adopted a combative radical tone with Stanton and others unafraid to take on critics. The paper openly discussed sexual and physical abuse in marriage and advocated better divorce laws that would offer women a way to escape abusive marriages. In 1869 the paper broke with Train who had supplied very little of the funding he initially offered. It published until 1872 struggling to make expenses along the way. This issue with a lengthy article written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton providing "editorial correspondence" on politics Democrats and Republicans etc. Many shorter anonymous articles on suffrage labor and other topics present." GOOD condition. Several fold creases present with other general wrinkling. Minor toning and scattered soiling in the interior. Front and rear leaf separating from the rest of the piece but still intact and tenuously holding on. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1868020494New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1868. Wraps. Good. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury. The paper was established to provide a voice to activists and suffragists such as Stanton and Anthony whose voices were marginalized by the mainstream press as well as many abolitionist publications with whom they had been previously allied. Anthony and Stanton advocated for an amendment giving suffrage to women along with the amendment sponsored by abolitionists that would give Black men the right to vote. Many abolitionists actively discouraged Stanton and Anthony from pursuing their amendment until the amendment enfranchising Black men passed creating a rift in the abolitionist movement as well as the women's suffrage movement. Feeling betrayed by abolitionists and Republicans who initially supported them they established the Revolution with financial help from George Francis Train a Democrat who supported women's rights but was openly racist. As the name indicates The Revolution adopted a combative radical tone with Stanton and others unafraid to take on critics. The paper openly discussed sexual and physical abuse in marriage and advocated better divorce laws that would offer women a way to escape abusive marriages. In 1869 the paper broke with Train who had supplied very little of the funding he initially offered. It published until 1872 struggling to make expenses along the way. This issue with a lengthy article written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton providing "editorial correspondence" discussing mostly a visit with Anson Lapham and a trip in upstate New York. Many shorter anonymous articles on suffrage labor and other topics present." Eleanor Kirk discusses at length "the Marriage Question Again." Two longer pieces present one on the 14th amendment written by someone with the initials W.F.C. GOOD condition. Several fold creases present with other general wrinkling. Minor toning and scattered soiling in the interior. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1872015600No Place: No publisher 1872. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office Washington: 1872. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. 180 pp. A lengthy compilation of claims of Texas against the United States primarily for "reimbursement of expenditures alleged to have been made for the payment and support of volunteers or rangers prior to the rebellion. Focusing mostly on the troops used to suppress Native American hostilities along the frontiers of Texas. Drawn from public documents as well as previously unprinted and unpublished manuscript pages. The piece contains testimony from a variety of soldiers of varying ranks describing their duties as well as giving some detail to the various raids and battles conducted against the Comanche and others. The killing of Comanche Chief Iron Jacket is referenced in one account. Names of some of the soldiers in various companies are also printed. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Some toning to the paper. Paper slightly brittle. No publisher unknown
12938Paris, Imprimerie Royale, MDCCXXXVIII (1838). 1 volume, reliure ancienne demi-chagrin, plats toilés, 248 pp., enrichi de nombreux tableaux, très bon état
37159Paris. Editions Duchartre. 1931. 2 forts volumes in-12. Reliés demi-Basane à coins. 5 nerfs et titres dorés au dos. Couvertures d'origines conservées. Nombreuses ills. dans les deux volumes. 366 p. et 478 p. Bon état intérieur. Les dos sont légèrement frottés et les dorures sont passées.
353Paris : Au siège de la société (imp F. Paillart, Abbeville), octobre 1928 - avril-octobre 1930. UNE TRÈS RARE PUBLICATION SUR LES ANTILLES
198989161989 15 volumes brochés, illustrations : documentation in et hors-texte, 3465 pages, de 1971 à 1989 Université de Nantes,
250556New York: Carlton & Lanahan nd. Reminiscences of the West India Islands Second Series.-No. II. Frontis. 159 pp. 12mo. Contemp cloth. Very Good. Reminiscences of the West India Islands Second Series.-No. II. Frontis. 159 pp. 12mo. Carlton & Lanahan unknown
1820WRCAM31346Paris 1820. 7pp. Quarto. Self-wrappers. Light dust soiling. Very good. The text of a new French law relating to the import and export of goods from Martinique Guadeloupe Saint Lucie and Tobago. Rare. Not on OCLC. unknown books
1791WRCAM31348Grenoble: M. Cuchet 1791. 10pp. Quarto. Modern marbled boards red gilt morocco label. Internally clean. Very good. A French law relating to the armaments permitted on merchant vessels trading with French possessions in the West Indies. Rare. Not on OCLC. M. Cuchet hardcover books
250556New York: Carlton & Lanahan nd. Reminiscences of the West India Islands Second Series.-No. II. Frontis. 159 pp. 12mo. Contemp cloth. Very Good. Reminiscences of the West India Islands Second Series.-No. II. Frontis. 159 pp. 12mo. Carlton & Lanahan unknown books
012759New York: Dick's Publishing House. Wraps. Good. no date perhaps circa 1893. Pink illustrated wraps. Unpaginated 16 pp. A short biography of Lone Star Harry with some written by Lone Star Harry himself. With a few pages of lyrics to songs and ads for other books in the rear. Included are Lone Star Harry's reminiscences of an 1882 cattle drive from Nueces County Texas to Ogolalla Nebraska as well as his tips on handling a revolver especially in a duel or shoot out. GOOD condition. Minor foxing and spotting to the wrappers. Minor wrinkling. Paper very toned in the interior. Not in Adams. Dick's Publishing House unknown
